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Measurment Beakers - 4/8/2007 11:06:27 AM   
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Status: offline 		Has anyone done the legwork on finding liquid mesurement beakers or equipment that suits us model fuel people that want to mix their own? Whats out there? All I know is from what I remember seeing from science class in high school. LOL.

I want to mix my own but need advice on what should be looked for in "equipment."
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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/8/2007 2:45:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Sounds goofy but have you checked out a kitchen supply store? They generally have metric and imperial graduated articles. For small amounts go to the feed store and get a syringe or talk to your vet or doc, they might give you one minus the needle.

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/8/2007 3:17:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		A big plunger syringe would be a great idea, especially with sticky oils. The kitchen cups are a good idea, I heard the glass ones are the most accurate.

Mixing in metric is the most logical way to go I think. I'll look for that type.

I know the syringes are in CC's, I remember that much, but going to a feed store to get a big plunger syringe for the oil sounds like a plan.

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/8/2007 3:31:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		Go to the local Motorcycle shop & ask for a Ratio Rite (measuring Cup ) it is graduated in cc- oz & oil quanities
for a gallon of premix Total volume is 500cc. Iv'e had mine at least 30 years so they hold up pretty well.

Bill Teller

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/9/2007 12:42:50 AM   
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ORIGINAL: jetpack

Has anyone done the legwork on finding liquid mesurement beakers or equipment that suits us model fuel people that want to mix their own? Whats out there? All I know is from what I remember seeing from science class in high school. LOL.

I want to mix my own but need advice on what should be looked for in "equipment."

Cheapest is a metric 1000 ml graduated pyrex measuring cup, glass, found in many large grocery stores and chains. Best is probably a Nalgene 4000 ml and 100 ml graduated cylinder if you mix a lot (Those are those tall cylinders with the numbers in milliliters on the side). You can get these from Fisher Scientific and many other companies on the internet. 4000 ml is a little more than a gallon. Also, remember that you can mix and store fuels in HDPE jugs (High Density PolyEthylene). In bulk, they are only about $1.00 or so and can be used after cleaning a number of times. Make sure they are new or at least clean and dry if not new. A little better is fluorinated HDPE jugs, but many find they are not worth the extra expense. If you have a Nalgene 4000 and 100 ml graduate, you can just mix up about any fuel you would use. The reason I suggest the above is that some plastic containers that are metric do not work well with nitromethane, or methanol, or oils. Remember most of the jugs you buy commercial fuel in are one gallon HDPE jugs, so we know they are reasonably compatible with methanol, nitro, castor and various other methanol-soluble oils. Please, please learn to mix all your fuels by simple volumes and not mess with specific gravity, density and similar terms. Nitro is very heavy, so if you put 10% in your fuel by weight, you only have about 1/1.7 of that amount actually in your fuel, based on percents. Hope this information helps. The old fuel mixing dinosaur.

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/13/2007 8:57:22 PM   
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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/18/2007 4:54:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		I bought a set of chem laboratory measurement cylinders... 1000 ml, 250 ml, 100 ml, 50 ml, etc. They are available on eBay. They are very accurate and not too expensive if you buy "China-ex" rather than Pyrex or Bromex.

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/27/2007 12:31:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Bill Teller

Go to the local Motorcycle shop & ask for a Ratio Rite (measuring Cup ) it is graduated in cc- oz & oil quanities
for a gallon of premix Total volume is 500cc. Iv'e had mine at least 30 years so they hold up pretty well.

Bill Teller


I use the exact same thing. Have had mine about the same time also.

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 4/27/2007 5:41:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		In a pinch you can duplicate what I did many years ago. My wife wouldn't let me have her graduated bowl so I made my own. I got a large glass jar, put a strip of masking tape up the side and poured measured quantities of water (using my wife's mearuring bowl) into the jar and marked the tape with a marker at every ounce. Now that's cheap!

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 5/30/2007 6:52:57 AM   
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Status: offline 		Perhaps this web site might help.

http://www.air-tite.com/glass_syringes.htm

They seem to be all glass construction so they will not have problems with rubber bits being eaten away by nitro and methanol.

Bye, Ian

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RE: Measurment Beakers - 6/24/2007 2:31:00 AM   
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Status: offline 		Get a Ratio Rite

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